Robert Gurth Hughes

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert Gurth Hughes (born 14 July 1951) was a British Conservative Party politician from 1980-97. In 1980 Hughes was elected to the Greater London Council representing Croydon Central, serving until 1986. Hughes was the Conservative candidate in the 1983 Bermondsey by-election and contested that constituency's successor seat of Southwark and Bermondsey at the 1983 General Election, being in third place both times. In 1987 he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow West. He successfully defended this seat at the 1992 election, but at the 1997 election he lost it by 1,240 votes to Labour's Gareth Thomas. His Parliamentary Aide in the Commons until May 1997 was fellow Harrow politician, Councillor Mark Versallion.